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She co-created the French Atomic Energy Commission in 1945 and held a six-year term, promoting nuclear research and development of the first French nuclear reactor. She later became director of the ...

Scientists at MIT and elsewhere have discovered extremely rare remnants of "proto Earth," which formed about 4.5 billion ...

The isotopic ratio of sulfur-33 on the moon differs from that of Earth. Did the moon's sulfur instead come from the impactor ...

We check in on some exciting space missions and projects from IMAP to LIGO. Plus, climate tech companies that have our attention.

An engaging optical illusion challenges viewers to find the hidden number 1 amidst a sea of 7s. This visual puzzle tests the brain's ability to overcome pattern recognition and focus on detail.

For the first time, by studying quantum correlations between triplets of secondary particles created during high-energy ...

Explore the crazy implications of a universe where protons never decay! From eternal atoms to the degenerate era, this video dives deep into the distant future of everything. US strikes vessel off ...

MIT researchers found that metals retain hidden atomic patterns once believed to vanish during manufacturing. These patterns ...

Scientists found unusual sulfur in moon samples from Apollo 17. The discovery reveals new clues about the Moon’s ancient ...

In the third century BCE, Apollonius of Perga asked how many circles one could draw that would touch three given circles at exactly one point each. It would take 1,800 years to prove the answer: eight ...